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Pharmasset, Inc. (VRUS)At 4:00PM ET: 19.02  Down 0.73 (3.70%)  
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Pharmasset, Inc.
303-A College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08540
United States - Map
Phone: 609-613-4100
Fax: 609-613-4150
Web Site: http://www.pharmasset.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Healthcare
Industry:Drug Manufacturers - Other
Full Time Employees:65

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Pharmasset, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel drugs to treat viral infections. Its primary focus is on the development of nucleoside/tide analogs as oral therapeutics for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; and Racivir for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The company has three product candidates under development, which include RG7128, a HCV nucleoside polymerase inhibitor that is in Phase IIb clinical trial; PSI-7851, a HCV nucleotide polymerase inhibitor that completed Phase I clinical trial; and Racivir, which completed Phase II clinical trial, for the treatment of HIV. It has strategic collaboration agreement with F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. for the development of PSI-6130 and its products, including RG7128. The company also has collaboration and licensing agreements with University of Cincinnati; Apath, LLC; Emory University; Bukwang Pharm. Co., Ltd; University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. and Yale University; and Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals, Inc. Pharmasset, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Pharmasset, Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 51.6% of Russell 3000 companies and 56.1% of Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. P. Schaefer Price M.B.A., 46
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
    $ 500.00K $ 1.06M
    Mr. Kurt Leutzinger C.P.A, M.B.A., 57
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 340.00K $ 371.00K
    Dr. Michael J. Otto PH.D., 60
    Chief Scientific Officer and Exec. VP of Pharmaceutical Research
    $ 332.00K $ 1.94M
    Dr. M. Michelle Berrey MD, MPH., 42
    Chief Medical Officer
    $ 426.00K $ 344.00K
    Mr. Michael D. Rogers PhD, 55
    Chief Devel. Officer
    $ 283.00KN/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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